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The snare wire for a 14 inches radio king snare drums utilizing the clam shell style strainer (used from the 1940s through the early 60s) has 16 strands, an overall length of 15 7/8 inches, and a strand length of 15 inches (including the soldered area on each end-plate). both end-plates have a 1/4 inches hole in the center for attachment of the wire to the strainer frame via a screw. puresound's vintage series snare wires are designed not only to replace worn and no longer available wires on vintage snares, they are also designed to enhance the performance of those classic drums.
From the Manufacturer
Designed as a replacement for vintage 14" Slingerland Radio King Clam Shell snare drums, the Radio King snare wire has 16 individual strands of premium-grade steel wire. The snares have an overall length of 15 7/8", and a strand length of 15" (from solder point to solder point). Both end plates have a 1/4" hole in the center for attachment of the wire to the strainer frame via a screw.
Vintage Series snare wires are professional quality snares developed not only to replace worn and no longer available wires on vintage drums, but also to enhance the performance of specific classic drums.
PureSound offers a wide variety of professional quality snare wires including a selection of vintage wires designed specifically for older snare drums with unique snare mechanisms. PureSound snare wires are designed, engineered and manufactured in the USA to the most stringent quality controls in the industry.
Kip & Roz
Reviewed in the United States on September 17, 2024
The Dyna Sonic snare requires unique snares. These are perfect. In fact an improvement over the original. Expensive yes. Worth it Yes.
PR
Reviewed in Canada on October 18, 2024
Bought this to replace the original damaged snares on my early 70’s dynasonic snare. They fit perfectly and sound very good. I have purchased this brand before for another drum and the quality is very good.
NW specialist
Reviewed in the United States on October 2, 2023
Love pure sound wires, regular snare wires. But this ironically says it fits 1920-1968 in the description... however the product is design to fit the 1969-probably the 80s super sensitive. unfortunately, I have a 1968... hard to find snares, might just cut the t brackets on these down.Very very annoyed that the description gave me hope...
Mike B
Reviewed in the United States on March 22, 2021
I thought I just didn't know how to tune this drum. But, it was the old snare wires all along. When I replaced them with this model, the drum jumped into life. Easy to adjust and sounds awesome!
coffeejolts
Reviewed in the United States on April 17, 2021
I installed these wires on my Dyna-sonic snare drums. They sound great and seem to be well constructed. They'll probably last forever if properly cared for.
melisa Lafleur
Reviewed in Canada on September 9, 2019
Super product
Todd A Sloane
Reviewed in the United States on August 25, 2018
This just works! On my vintage Dyna-sonic this is a perfect replacement. In addition to this particular model, I recommend PureSound snares in general. There quality and quality control is excellent. I have never had a set come bent, or with wires protruding from the solder or uneven soldering at the ends; all of which hurt/destroy sound. So I've never had to return a set, which I have with other brands. If you've not tried PureSound, I recommend them.
Eamou
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 24, 2017
Brought life back to my old 1970's Rogers Dynasonic.
匿名希望の通りすがり
Reviewed in Japan on June 20, 2016
国内ではなかなか入手出来なくなった全面当たりスナッピー。某社025から替えたら、かなり良くなりました。多分、ワイヤのバラツキが少ない事とカッチリ仕上げてあることだと思いますが… 値段が下がったときに是非お試しください。TAMA YAMAHA ともに適合しますが、ワイヤが伸びてくるとガイドとプレートが干渉するかも知れません。
Paul Lowther
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 27, 2016
Bought for a 80's pearl Jupiter and fits perfectly.
Customer
Reviewed in the United States on December 11, 2015
I bought this for my vintage Yamaha SD-493. It was exactly what I needed. Sounds much better than the pearl equivalent.
Dimitri LORINGETT
Reviewed in the United States on December 26, 2014
For those proud owners of any Ludwig Supersensitive snare, the PureSound wires look good and sound great. The come in pre-1968 and current versions. The bronze ends really look nice and give that professional touch to the snare, though one would actually 'listen' to a snare rather than 'look' at it, even less so from the bottom...
Home Recordist
Reviewed in the United States on September 10, 2013
I was restoring a '41 Radio King snare with a three-point strainer, and it was missing the original snare wires. PureSound discontinued the snare wire specifically designed for that model, but I was able to find the clam shell version in stock. Since what I really needed it for was the additional length of the wire section, I put this clam shell version on a drill press and created two more holes at each of the wires for the string to go through. Worked out great. Maybe it'll work out for others with a similar requirement.
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